01-25-2009, 06:05 AM
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Location: West central Illinois
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New Orleans
While there's still a lot of damage from Hurricane Katrina (last picture), the city is coming back and seems to be doing pretty darn good based on the traffic and number of people! The guys I was with were down there the year after Katrina and areas that were totally wiped out are now 40% or more rebuilt. Homes are going back up and businesses are reopening. It'll still be a long time, but the direction is good!  |
01-25-2009, 06:08 AM
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Call me FWM :)
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Thanks for sharing, dicksbro, great pics 
The house in the final pic is in a sorry looking state  but next door seems to be looking much better so it's showing progress  |
01-25-2009, 06:17 AM
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It does look as though much progress is being made..... how many folks have moved back DB? I seem to remember hundreds of thousands of people had been forced to leave (including our own Wicked Wanda) but, over here at least, I haven't seen any news about N.O. for a long time.
Cracking pictures btw!
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01-25-2009, 06:23 AM
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I had heard (but don't know for sure) that the city is back to about 250,000 people or more. Here's a few more pictures from our trip. Fourth picture is the hotel (time share) we stayed at.
Last edited by dicksbro : 01-25-2009 at 07:06 AM.
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01-25-2009, 06:32 AM
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... and one more page. My nature shot is second; third is another damaged home. Last is a fruit stand where the oranges were fresh and delicious!!!!!!!!
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01-25-2009, 06:36 AM
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Interesting side bit. When we were talking to the lady at the fruit stand, I noticed some swampy areas nearby and asked if she ever saw any alligators nearby. She said just a while back her neighbor's grand-daughter (3-years old) went running into her house telling her mom that there was a large lizard in their backyard. It was an ALLIGATOR! 
Doesn't happen often, I guess, but they do see Mother Nature's handiwork every now and then. |
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